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Caylin vs Caylix

American parents have registered 2,558 Caylins since 1880, against 55 Caylixes. But in 2025 it was Caylix that was commoner, 10 babies to 8.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Caylin against Caylix, 1880 to 2025 0 40 80 120 160 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Caylin Caylix

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 44 years in which either name was published, Caylin for 41 years and Caylix for 3 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.

Side by side

  Caylin Caylix
Total US births 2,55855
Most in one year 15024
Babies in 2025 810
Estimated living today 2,50060
Median age today 212
Peak year 20092023
Best rank 1,572nd girls4,343rd boys
Rank in 2025 10,917th7,679th
First recorded 19812022
Girls / boys 2,471 / 870 / 55

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Caylins alive today are over 21; half the Caylixes are over 2. That is 19 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Caylin and Caylix.